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 *
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package org.everrest.core;

/**
 * Implementation of this interface determine name of dependency required for constructors or fields of Resource or
 * Provider. Typically the name of the dependency may be set by annotation with value as component's qualifier, e.g.
 * &#064javax.inject.Named.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:andrew00x@gmail.com">Andrey Parfonov</a>
 * @version $Id: $
 */
public interface DependencyNameDetector
{
   /**
    * Get name of parameter.
    *
    * @param parameter the Parameter
    * @return name of <code>parameter</code> or <code>null</code> if name can't be detected by particular
    *         DependencyNameDetector
    */
   String getName(Parameter parameter);
}
